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behaviours that condone or normalize any form of sexual violence against children,
including harmful traditional practices;
(d)
To increase their commitment to timely, sustained and adequate funding for
the prevention and protection of children from sexual violence and abuse as well as their
recovery and reintegration, including appropriate funding for the development of research
on sexual violence against children, with a view to improving measures of prevention and
protection;
(e)
To develop and enhance programmes, as appropriate, to support and educate
parents and other caregivers in their child-rearing role so as to prevent sexual violence
against children, taking into consideration the need to develop targeted programmes for
families particularly at risk, as well as children without parental care;
(f)
To establish, maintain, strengthen or designate, in complementarity with
effective governmental structures for children, independent children’s rights institutions,
such as children’s ombudspersons or equivalents or focal points on children’s rights in
existing national human rights institutions or general ombudsperson offices, that are
sufficiently funded and accessible to children, which should play a key role in the
independent monitoring of actions taken to promote and protect the rights of the child,
including the prevention of sexual violence and abuse against children, and to promote the
universal realization of rights of child victims of sexual violence and abuse;
(g)
To protect children from all forms of sexual violence and abuse by all those
who work with and for children, including in educational, care and detention settings, as
well as by Government officials, such as the police, law enforcement authorities and
employees and officials in detention centres or welfare institutions, including through
provision of training and education to those who work with children, and to ensure that
those working with children belonging to minorities and other vulnerable groups are aware
of their specific needs and rights;
(h)
To develop and establish, at national and community level, effective and
child-sensitive counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms that are confidential, ageappropriate, gender-sensitive, disability-sensitive, integral, safe, well-publicized and
accessible to all children, for reporting and addressing incidents of sexual violence and
abuse, including in emergencies and conflicts;
(i)
To provide access to immediate and, where possible, free care, recovery and
social reintegration services for all child victims of sexual violence and abuse, without
discrimination, that utilize an integrated and holistic approach including, inter alia,
psychosocial support and education, so as to ensure their psychological recovery and full
reintegration into society;
(j)
To provide appropriate training and education to those who work with child
victims of sexual violence and abuse, including not only educational, psychosocial and
medical professionals, but also legal and law-enforcement professionals, including judges
and police officers in charge of receiving complaints from child victims of sexual violence,
in order to prevent further victimization;
(k)
To address the gender dimension of all forms of sexual violence and abuse
against children and incorporate a gender perspective in all policies adopted and actions
taken to protect children against all forms of sexual violence and abuse, while
acknowledging that girls and boys face varying risks from different forms of sexual
violence at different ages and in different situations;
(l)
To ensure the meaningful participation of children in all matters and
decisions affecting their lives through their expression of their views, and that those views
are given due weight in accordance with their age and maturity, including in all
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